Wallace Ford
Born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK — Feb 11 1898• Died Jun 11 1966
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Wallace Ford (12 February 1898 – 11 June 1966) was an English-born naturalized American stage and screen actor. Usually playing wise-cracking characters, he combined a tough but friendly-faced demeanor with a small but powerful, stocky physique. Born Samuel Jones Grundy in Bolton, Lancashire, England, he spent his childhood in a Dr. Barnardo's home. At an early age he was adopted by a farmer from Manitoba, Canada, where he was ill treated. About age eleven, Ford ran away and did odd jobs, later becoming an usher in a theatre. Following his discharge fr…
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The Andy Griffith Show
Roger Hanover
Climax!
Bunco Kelly
Studio One
The Ford Television Theatre
Talker
Trackdown
Eli Zach
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Monty Smith
Father Knows Best
Studio 57
Boats
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
The Deputy
Herk Lamson
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Harry
Blues in the Night
Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)
The Great Adventure
Uncle Billy Smith
Screen Director's Playhouse
Ed Rawlings
This Is Your Life
Self
The Wonderful World of Disney
Emory Packer
The Whistler
Vacation Playhouse
Lester Tinney
Inner Sanctum
Roar of the Press
Wally Williams
The Maverick Queen
Jamie
Freaks
Phroso
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Shadow of a Doubt
Fred Saunders
Harvey
The Taxi Driver
Warlock
Judge Holloway
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
Spellbound
Hotel masher
Peter Loves Mary
The Man from Laramie
Charley O'Leary
The Last Hurrah
Charlie Hennessey
The Furies
Scotty Hyslip
Wichita
Arthur Whiteside
Warpath
Pvt. 'Irish' Potts
A Patch of Blue
Ole Pa
The Wet Parade
Jerry Tyler
The Set-Up
Gus
Crack-Up
Lt. Cochrane
The Rainmaker
Sheriff Howard Thomas
The Informer
Frankie McPhillip
Flesh and Fury
Jack 'Pop' Richardson
Two Girls on Broadway
Jed Marlowe
All Through the Night
Spats Hunter
A Lawless Street
Dr. Amos Wynn
Dead Reckoning
McGee
T-Men
The Schemer
The Spoilers
Flapjack Simms
Possessed
Al Manning
The Ape Man
Jeff Carter
Rendezvous with Annie
Al Morgan
The Matchmaker
Malachi Stack
Blood on the Sun
Ollie Miller
The Motorola Television Hour
Three Cornered Moon
Kenneth Rimplegar
Kings Row
Thunder Over Arizona
Stiles
Stagecoach To Fury
Judge Lester Farrell
The First Texan
Henry Delaney
The Mummy's Tomb
Babe Hanson
Shed No Tears
Sam Grover
He Ran All the Way
Fred Dobbs
Destry
Doc Curtis
The Mummy's Hand
Babe Jenson
Lover Come Back
Tubbs
Men in White
Shorty
The Cross of Lorraine
Pierre
The Green Years
Jamie Nigg
The Breaking Point
F.R. Duncan
Absolute Quiet
Jack
My Woman
Chick Rollins
The Whole Town's Talking
Healy
The Lost Patrol
Morelli
Dakota Lil
Carter
A Woman's Man
Joe Flynn - Prizefighter
A Man Betrayed
Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)
Black Angel
Joe
Belle Starr's Daughter
Lafe Bailey
The Beast of the City
Detective Ed Fitzpatrick
A Guy Could Change
Bill Conley
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)
On Stage Everybody
Emmett Rogers
Central Park
Rick
Skyscraper Souls
Slim
The Great John L.
McManus
She Couldn't Say No
Joe Wheelen
Lucy Gallant
Gus Basserman
The Big Cage
Russ Penny
Johnny Concho
Albert Dark
Secret Command
Miller
Rodeo
Barbecue Jones
Two in the Dark
Harry Hilyer
Red Stallion In The Rockies
'Talky' Carson
Money Means Nothing
Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay
I Hate Women
Scoop McGuire
Magic Town
Lou Dicketts
Coroner Creek
Andy West
O.H.M.S.
Jimmy Tracy
Back Door to Heaven
Frankie Rogers
The Boy from Oklahoma
Walter "Wally" Higgins
Murder by Invitation
Bob White
3 Ring Circus
Sam Morley
The Man from Texas
Jed
Employees' Entrance
Martin West
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
Rebel
She Couldn't Take It
"Fingers" Boston
Another Face
Joe Haynes, Press Agent
Bristle Face
Emory Packer
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
'Curly'
The Great Jesse James Raid
Elias Hobbs
One Frightened Night
Joe Luvalle
Are You Listening?
Larry Barnes
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
Jason H. 'Jay' Barton
Night of Terror
Tom Hartley
Isle Of Destiny
Millard Barnes
In Spite of Danger
Bob Crane
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
Joe Redmond
Scatterbrain
Sam Maxwell
Twilight for the Gods
Old Brown
Exiled to Shanghai
Ted Young
Inside the Law
Billy
Give Us Wings
Mr. York
Jericho
Mike Clancy
Headline Shooter
Mike
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
Sam Parks
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Harper
Scattergood Survives a Murder
Wally Collins
The Nebraskan
'Mac' McBride
East of Fifth Avenue
Vic Howard
Embraceable You
Police Lt. Ferria
Goodbye Again
Arthur Westlake
The Rogues' Tavern
Jimmy Kelly
Tess of the Storm Country
Fred Thorson
Swellhead
Terry McCall
The Hollywood Gad-About
Self (uncredited)
A Son Comes Home
Steve
Men of the Hour
Andy Blane
Hypnotized
Bill Bogard
The Nut Farm
Willie Barton
Stardust
Peter Jackson
Machine Gun Mama
John O'Reilly
Married in Hollywood
Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)
Swing It, Sailor!
Pete Kelly
Get That Man
Jack Kirkland / John Prescott
X Marks the Spot
Ted Lloyd
The Marines Come Thru
Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins